Cartoons Auctioned Off in Mexico City to Support Journalists Displaced by Death Threats Tania Lara - Journalism in the Americas
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One of the illustrations by cartoonist Boligán that will be auctioned this Friday June 14.

A group of cartoonists will participate on Friday, June 14, in an auction of political cartoons to benefit nine displaced Mexican journalists who currently live in refuge in Mexico City due to death threats. The event was organized by Reporters Without Borders, Mexico's Red Periodistas de a Pie ("Journalists on Foot" in Spanish), and magazine El Chamuco.

“They are journalists who leave (their original homes) without clothes, without money, and without work," explained Marcela Turati, co-founder of Periodistas de a Pie.

The auction of cartoons will take place on Friday, June 14, at 7:00p.m. at the headquarters of Rompeviento TV, located at 20 Milán Street, located in the Colonia Juárez neighborhood, in Mexico City. Tickets are 80 pesos and all proceeds will be divided amongst the nine displaced journalists.

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